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Detroit Tigers left-hander Francisco Liriano threw two scoreless innings against the New York Yankees in his first start with his new team.

Liriano allowed one hit, walked two and struck out three in the Tigers’ 7-2 loss Tuesday.

Liriano worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the first by striking out Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez. He induced a double-play grounder from Miguel Andujar to end the second.

Travis Wood (torn ACL and meniscus) will have surgery Tuesday in Dallas.

There are several important factors to keep in mind. You must look at the roster of the team you’re trading with and understand which, if any players, that manager might be willing to part with. For example, it’d be unwise to make a trade offer for a starting pitcher on a team that is battling injuries and is down to a trio of well-known starters at the position. Also, though you might never want to send your best trade offer with your first proposal, be careful not to offer too little. That can be offensive to the other manager and can lead that person to not only decline your offer but also end all trade talks with you.

This section could also be called “Don’t be that guy/gal.” Whether you are in a hypercompetitive league or just trying to have some casual fun, you want to be a responsible fantasy baseball manager. Generally speaking, that means follow the golden rule: Treat others the way you’d want to be treated in your league. With that in mind, be sure to follow these basic fantasy baseball rules of etiquette.

Former University of Miami great O.J.-Nolan Nawrocki.He might not bring the rewards Boedkker and Grabner could bring, but he’s likely able to fit on the roster without some extra roster posturing.

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The Lakers are 4 this preseason.As of late, Zipser has found himself playing substantial minutes, while occasionally closing out alongside ‘Key Players’ and Dwyane .It limits the offense compared to someone like Griffin III or Josh McCown that it demands the defense cover less of the field vertically.

The Knicks center has played in just 25 games, averaging 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds. It got so bad that Hernangomez asked New York for a trade. That trade came Wednesday.

Following another run of who’s who among NHL stars, we come to Ryan Spooner at 16th overall this season (2.6). His overall totals are muted due to prolonged injury absence, but Spooner is rolling at even strength this season. He’s on a line with playmaker David Krejci and rookie Jake DeBrusk most of the time, collecting an impressive 24 points in 35 games.

He’s not doing a great job of going with pitches away from him, Carroll said. We are hoping he will start putting the ball into right field a little bit more, you know. We want him to go with the pitch. Aside from that, the curveball is still giving him a problem, like it always did you know, back in the day. So we will see what happens.

Other topics covered by Carroll, who was speaking with reporters for the first time since his season-ending news conference in early January:

All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman is on track to be ready by training camp. Sherman had surgery in November to repair his ruptured right Achilles, an injury that ended his season, and recently had a cleanup procedure on the same part of his left foot.

Dan Graziano, national NFL writer: Paul Richardson, WR, Seattle Seahawks. With Jarvis Landry franchised and the possibility of Sammy Watkins and Allen Robinson also getting tagged, you could make the case that the 25-year-old Richardson is the next-best wide receiver on the market. He was a pretty good deep threat in a Seattle offense that didn’t feature enough pass protection to really maximize a deep threat. Some teams will see potential there and pay for a player his age.

Mina Kimes, senior writer: Patrick Robinson, CB, Philadelphia Eagles. He’s no longer flying that far below the radar thanks to the Eagles’ Super Bowl run, but the 30-year-old defensive back had a surprisingly great season, allowing just 54.5 percent of passes to be caught in the slot, according to Pro Football Focus. Because of his age, he probably won’t break the bank, but I still think a few teams will vie for the veteran after his breakout year.

The winter of 3-2 continues for the Detroit Red Wings, and it is truly a winter of discontent for them.

Detroit coach Jeff Blashill likes to describe NHL games as a race to three, and lately, his team is consistently losing that race. As they prepare for Saturday’s home date against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Wings have lost a trio of consecutive games by a final score of 3-2, and two of them were absolute heartbreakers.

Making matters worse, right-winger Anthony Mantha, Detroit’s goal-scoring leader with 20, suffered a fractured cheekbone when hit in the face with a clearing attempt by the Sabres in Thursday’s loss.

Brady, 40, has said he’d like to continue playing until he’s 45. The Patriots will need to make a decision about Brady’s future with the team sometime before the end of the 2019 season. But right now, Brady’s under contract, and any type of holdout this offseason seems like a long shot.

There were only two possible outcomes for the actual game, but if you’ve got a Super Bowl squares pool, there are 98 more. The squares game is a chance-based exercise in adding a little extra agency to the biggest game of the year. All you need is a grid, a little money, and a bunch of friends who have no problem losing that aforementioned little bit of cash.

You can find the entire explainer here, but the basic gist is that winners crop up every quarter based on the score. The final score of 41-33 in favor of the Eagles, for example, would pay out the lucky soul who had the square where the Philadelphia “1” intersects with the New England “3.” If your game has payouts for every quarter, we have the full results below.

The 29-year-old Cole had three goals and 10 assists in 47 games for Pittsburgh this season. He has played eight seasons with St. Louis Pittsburgh, helping the Penguins win the last two Stanley Cup titles.

Crammed in among the hoopla of All-Star weekend is the Basketball Without Borders camp — an initiative created by the NBA in 2001 to feature the top youth players aged 19 years and under from Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa, as selected by the NBA, FIBA and participating federations.

Known as an athletic two-guard with great verticality, Green wanted in particular to showcase his passing ability.

“I feel like I’ve always kind of had it [passing ability], but I feel like it was important to implement it into my game and I feel like it’s helped out a lot,” he said. “I just really like getting my other teammates involved into the game.”

We were so close to having a team playing in their home stadium, but the Minnesota Vikings simply couldn’t close the deal against Philadelphia in the NFC title game, resulting in a 38-7 shellacking. Meanwhile, the Jacksonville Jaguars pushed New England further than anyone possibly could have imagined, but they still fell late in an inevitable 24-20 defeat at the hands of the immortal Tom Brady.

“I know Trey can put the ball in the hole and he can get hot,” Hornacek added. “He controls the pace, he’s a guy that can get things going. But defensively I thought he was the key. .. Trey was great on both sides of the court.”

The first game after the All-Star break for both teams marked the first Knicks start for guard Emmanuel Mudiay, who was acquired from Denver in a three-team trade on Feb. 8. It also marked the returns from injury for center Nikola Vucevic and forward Aaron Gordon of the Magic. Vucevic finished with 19 points and six rebounds.

The Magic made 11 of their first 12 shots, including all five 3-pointers, on their way to a 41-point first quarter and a 10-point lead. Orlando shot 61 percent in the first half.

In the aftermath of allegations of harassment and violence toward female employees in the Dallas Mavericks organization, the NBA is instituting a confidential hotline for team and league employees to register concerns of improper conduct, according to a memo obtained by ESPN.

A Sports Illustrated report described a Mavericks culture of misogyny and predatory sexual behavior that spanned decades in the organization, including numerous allegations against former CEO and president Terdema Ussery.

Who’s going No. 1, and how far has OU star Trae Young climbed? What prospect can the Cavs — or a potential trade partner — land with the Brooklyn pick? We project both rounds.

“For the most part, the diagnosis was sleep deprivation,” Clifford told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. “The headaches and the cause of the headaches were a lack of regular sleep and the stress that goes along with coaching. There were two ways to treat it: stronger medication or stepping away from coaching, stopping the travel, getting regular sleep, diet and exercise.”

It’s worth checking out the rest of Wojnarowski’s article on Clifford, as well as this thoughtful and insightful piece by the Charlotte Observer’s excellent beat reporter Rick Bonnell.

“We haven’t beaten them in a while so the win feels a lot better, to be honest with you,” Antetokounmpo said. “They’re a great team, too.”

Eric Bledsoe and Khris Middleton each scored 21 points as the Bucks won the opener of an eight-game stretch against teams in playoff contention. Jason Terry scored 14 points, and John Henson and Thon Maker each had 12.

The question for Pederson and the Eagles is whether Foles gives them a better chance to win big in their system going forward, with their supporting cast, and whether he might have been rolling the same way with the same opportunity early in 2017.

“I told him to take this in, enjoy this moment. I told him you’re a big, big part of why this team won this championship and won this game,” Pederson said. “I told him hopefully we’ll back in this game with him leading the way.”

Stay tuned.

On the other hand, Friday on YES/ESPN-NY Radio drive time, Michael Kay said he is 19-30-1 on his NFL picks. Francesa, though, who is never right, never has once been wrong.

Their next two games come at home against the Bengals and Ravens, so they have a great chance to stand at 6-3, with the Colts, Cardinals and 49ers waiting later in the season.

The Titans’ record has some fool’s gold in it. Two of their wins came against the Browns (in overtime) and Colts, and they’ve been outscored by 15 points. They lack offensive weapons for Marcus Mariota as is, and now tight end Delanie Walker is banged up.

Identified as 13-year-old Ryan McKenna, he casually took a selfie with Timberlake before getting back on his phone.

Now known as the “Selfie Kid,” McKenna has become an Internet meme because of his lack of excitement standing next to Timberlake and the fact that he didn’t know the words to Timberlake’s songs.

In reality, McKenna told the Pioneer Press, he was switching his phone from video to camera mode.

“I just thought to myself, ‘I’ll never get this opportunity again in my whole life,’” McKenna said. “I just went for it.”

He already has appeared on “Good Morning America,” where he said he has gotten more than 8,000 new followers in the span of just 12 hours.

“It was already crazy to be at the Super Bowl in the first place,” McKenna said. “Then all of a sudden I’m up on the jumbotron and everyone is talking about me. I can’t believe it.”